US 11,716,646 B2
Performance measurements for 5GC network functions
Yizhi Yao, Chandler, AZ (US); and Joey Chou, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/267,089
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/045718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033697, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,442, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0168643 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 60/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 60/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to be employed in a network management component of a 5G network system (5GS) comprising:
a service producer comprising one or more processors configured to:
obtain raw measurements of network functions (NFs) communicatively coupled to one another via service based interfaces in a 5G core (5GC) of the 5GS;
generate performance measurements corresponding to one or more NFs based on the raw measurements, wherein the performance measurements are used to determine one or more of a success rate of authorization, a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session creation performance and failure reasons, a network event exposure performance, or a Network Function registration success rate;
measure a service registration for a Network Repository Function (NRF) component based on the performance measurements comprising one or more of: a number of NF service registration requests, or a number of successful NF service registrations; and
report the performance measurements to a service consumer; and
a radio frequency (RF) interface, configured to provide, to RF circuitry, data for transmitting a communication of the report based on the performance measurements.